Holly Hills Elementary school counselor Travis Mims, 27, was arrested for aggravated battery after allegedly body slamming a teacher during a school basketball game.

Holly Hills Elementary school counselor Travis Mims, 27, was arrested for aggravated battery after allegedly body slamming a teacher during a school basketball game.

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Updated: 4:58 PM EST Feb 19, 2015

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WEBVTT YOU BY 5:00. SATELLITE BEACH, DAN BILLOW, WESH 2 NEWS. A VOLUSIA COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELOR RESIGNED TODAY AFTER A VIOLENT ENCOUNTER AT THE SCHOOL SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE. HOLLY HILL POLICE SAY 27-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS MIMS BODY SLAMMED A TEACHER TUESDAY NIGHT DURING WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FRIENDLY GAME OF AFTER-SCHOOL BASKETBALL ON THE CAMPUS OF HOLLY HILL SCHOOL. CLAIRE METZ JOINS US LIVE. WHAT A DISTURBING INCIDENT. REALLY IS. AND OUT OF CHARACTER ACCORDING TO EVERYONE WE SPOKE WITH. MIMS WAS HIRED IN AUGUST HERE ON CAMPUS AS AN ADVISOR AND JUST FINISHED A PROBATION PERIOD THAT SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY HE CAME THROUGH WITH FLYING COLORS. WHICH MAKES WHAT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED HARD TO EXPLAIN. THAT'S TRAVIS HIMS IN THE WHITE T-SHIRT GUARDING ESC TEACHER KATHERINE MARTIN AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT PUT THE ADVISOR IN AN ORANGE JAIL JUMPSUIT. CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY. POLICE SAY MIMS PICKED MARTIN UP BY THE WAIST, TWISTED HER AND FORCEFULLY SLAMMED HER ON THE HARD FLOOR HEAD FIRST. MIMS TOLD INVESTIGATORS THE TWO HAD WORDS OVER FOULING, THAT SHE PUT HER HAND IN HIS FACE AND HE DIDN'T LIKE IT. TOTALLY OUT OF CHARACTER. TOTAL SHOCK. STEVE, FATHER OF GOLD MEDAL SWIMMER RYAN LOCHTE COULDN'T BE MORE SURPRISED. LOCHTE IS HEAD COACH OF THE DAYTONA BEACH SWIMMING CLUB TEAM HOME BASED AT THE PORT ORANGE Y AND HE HIRED MIMS TO WORK WITH TEN-YEAR-OLDS. JUST RAVING REVIEWS ABOUT HIS TEACHING CAPABILITIES. HIS INTERACTION AND PASSION AS FAR AS TEACHING IS TOP TO NONE. BEFORE MIMS COACHED A SWIM TEAM HE WAS LIFEGUARD AT THE Y WITH NO COMPLAINTS FROM EITHER ORGANIZATION. HE'S LIKE A BIG TEDDY BEAR MOST OF THE TIME. BASED ON U.S. SWIMMING POLICY HOWEVER LOCHTE SUSPENDED MIMS TODAY PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION. WE WENT TO MIMS HOME BUT HE DIDN'T ANSWER. LOCHTE SPOKE WITH HIM BY PHONE AND SHARED ONLY THAT MIMS KNOWS HE MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. MOST PARENTS OF CHILDREN AT HOLLY HILL SCHOOL HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO BY NOW. UPSETTING FOR SYLVIA. I THINK HE IS A NICE YOUNG MAN. I THOUGHT HE WAS GOOD FOR THE KIDS. HE'S ALWAYS NICE TO MY LITTLE GIRLS. THE VICTIM MISS MARTIN SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL INJURY ACCORDING TO POLICE AND WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL. SHE DID NOT WANT TO COMMENT ON CAMERA IN FACT, MISS MARTIN STAYED HOME FROM SCHOOL TODAY. WE UNDERSTAND SHE'S RESTING THERE. AGAIN, THE SUSPECT IN ALL OF THIS, MR. MIMS, DID RESIGN WILLINGLY TODAY ACCORDING TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS WITH THE DISTRICT.

School advisor resigns after bodyslam caught on camera

Holly Hills Elementary school counselor Travis Mims, 27, was arrested for aggravated battery after allegedly body slamming a teacher during a school basketball game.